Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-06-04
A-Dog. B-AGusta6le tail.

10 GH UnOfp u may concern: be IL known
that l, Maurice Pinchover, late colonel U. S.
A., and an acclimated citizen of the U. s.,
residing at st. Elizabeth in the county of
Washington and State of Columbia, have
invented certain new and useful I'M
provements in Detachable dogtails."
My invention has relation to i'm
provements in artificial tails for dogs
and other animals, and the novelty consists
in providing detachable tail for dogs and
the like, whereby the gravity of the tail may
be overcome, so as to facilitate the rapid and
safe momentum of the animal in turning
abrupt corners and other angles, such as
somersaults, &C., without injury to the dog
or his tail.
In the case of dogs and other animals born
or deprived of their tails, it is a well-known
fact that when once started in given direc-
tion after certain momentum is acquired,
it is impossible for the dog to change his
direction, and consequently, when he arrives
stead of turning it he flies off at a tangent and
goes by
BY my device these objections are over
come, and when the gravity tail "a hollow
conical tin tube) is adjusted to the dog, and
he arrives at corner which he desires to
swings to the left, and the hind legs of the
dog acting as pivot, the head and body of
the dog is thrown around to the right, and
he is then enabled to pursue the new direc-
ton. The same effect is produced should the
dog wish to change his direction at any
point.
In testimony whereof affix my signature
in presence oftwo witnesses:
S Sno' FRas asS Tsi1s PscHovrH
PATSY BOLIVAR,
n. p. & N. G.
The names of the witnesses are both in the
handwriting of Pinchover, and the name O.
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waggish friend of the colonel.
Mr.. Cahilps invention Is far more COM
prehensive. His idea Is that the accumu-
lation of ice at the poles of the earth will
in course of time produce disruption
at the equator, and general smash of
all earthly affairs, compared to which
terrible earthquake would be mere
zephyr. Mr.. Cahill, who Is a TALL raw
boned man with ecru hair and mustache,
illustrates the catastrophe by taking his
well-worn hat between his ample hands
and COMPRISING it like concertina.
Mr.. Cahill states his theory as follows:
Too much rain has been allowed to accu-
mulate around the poles of the earth, being
conveyed there by the atmospheric and cleo
trio currents. There it forms into vast noun
hydraulic forces, is gradually crushing in the
earths crust. If this crushing in takes
place, the globe may be exploded like a
bOmbshell some of its solid constituents
being driven among the meteors, which are
the debris of other planets with all their in
habitants), destroyed in similar manner,
like causes producing like effects. The ac-
emulation of ice around the poles, and its
annual meeting to some extent and repiling,
causes the gyratory motion of the earth,
which has produced the recession of the equi-
nox and heightened the year.
The inventors scheme to avoid this
dread catastrophe is to devise means for
obtaining an artificial rainfall upon that
area of the earth's surface which is To-
Gated between the two pole belts of the
globe, thereby preventing the great rains
at the poles, which are as the theOrist
claims, mainly instrumental in accumu-
lating the enormous mountains of ice in
those frigid regions.
Mr.. Cahill has had some difficulty in
getting a patent lawyer to frame his
specifications, but by the operation of
some law of sympathy in due time he
made the acquaintance of Colonel Pinch
over, who made out his specifications for
him and prepared the accompanying dia-
grams.
One device is as follows: He directs
that large captive balloons, armed with
steel points and big refectors of light,